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Florida Takes Unlikely Lead Role in State Push to Regulate AI

Florida is emerging as an aggressive regulator of artificial intelligence (AI) and major technology platforms, using litigation, child protection

Valve Says Steam Won't Police AI Tools as Developers Fear Clone Threats

Valve told developers at Steam Indie Connect in Seoul that it won't police AI tools, urging studios facing clone threats to build communities and keep updating.

Pope Leo XIV: AI can never be a person; its future depends on our choices

The pontiff met on Friday with participants in a Vatican AI conference organized by the Pontifical Academy for Life.

Canadian AI Spending Up 12x: Float CEO Khazzam [2026]

Epoch AI researchers say the widely available AI model GLM 5.3 turned public security fixes into working exploits before updates reached Firefox users. It autonomously compromised six Firefox releases for about $1,000 in API fees each without triggering safeguards from any provider tested.

AI Transcends Borders And Small Founders Pay A Disproportionate Cost

Fragmented AI regulations create costly compliance burdens for startups, limiting their ability to launch products and grow across borders.

The Week's 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Physical AI And Predictions Lead The Lineup

This week featured a robust lineup of large rounds, led by manufacturing startup Re:Build, which closed on $2.1 billion, and predictions marketplace Kalshi, which picked up another $1 billion.

Big Banks Restrict AI Agents From Customer Accounts

Companies Are Hiring AI Agents to Save Time. Who’s Checking Their Work?

Build Specialized Agents on a Stack You Control with NVIDIA NemoClaw | NVIDIA Technical Blog

Building an autonomous agent requires a model, a harness, and domain-specific tools. To deploy an agent more securely, developers need a runtime that enforces policies, along with optimization and…

Amazon Says It Will Start Selling Its AI Chips to Other Companies in 2027

Andy Jassy just put a public deadline on a plan that could pull customers away from NVIDIA, but the terms Amazon left unspoken may matter more than the ones it announced.